The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Cocalico Eagles (Denver, PA) and the host Garden Spot Spartans (New Holland, PA), observed Cocalico's basketball team knock off Garden Spot by a score of 48-30.

The Eagles (4-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Exeter Township (Reading, PA). The Eagles come into the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record. In their last challenge, Exeter Township prevailed over Warwick (Lititz, PA), 39-29, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Ephrata Mountaineers (Ephrata, PA) in a Lancaster-Lebanon 2 challenge, on Monday, December 16. Garden Spot will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Mountaineers come into the challenge with a 4-3 record after their 45-42 non-league win over Penn Manor (Millersville, PA).